# Date: September 6, 1915

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V. I. Lenin
*THREE NOTES ON THE DRAFT MANIFESTO.
[Between September 6 and 8, 1915]

I.
AGAINST PACIFISM

Arguments against the slogan of a democratic or proletarian peace

1) it conceals the true state of affairs: imperialist policy, preparing for imperialist peace...

2) the roots of this policy lie in the economic conditions of imperialism.

3) a reformist solution is being proposed to questions that have been posed revolutionarily.

4) confidence in the bourgeoisie is being instilled... opportunism is being strengthened...

5) the proletariat is being diverted from revolutionary struggle

II.
MANIFESTO

2 paragraphs on the 1st page

(1) no decisive results
(2) war is useless
the people suffer.

III.
---- La défense nationale.
Add:
+ the profits of the capitalists not
the sighs, the struggle for peace

+ credits
manifesto of Vaillant

*This paragraph is struck out in the manuscript. Ed.